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3,200 m (3,499 yds) Maximum firing range. 8,275 m (9,049 yds) [1] The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II . The gun was produced in a towed variant, or mounted along with two M2 machine guns on the M2 / M3 half-track, resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series ...
Design. The 30 mm 2A42 autocannon was developed as a replacement for 2A28 Grom and has a dual feed. One is for HE-T and the other for AP-T rounds. The gunner can select one of two rates of full automatic fire, low at 200 to 300 rds/min and high at 550 to 800 rds/min. According to the manufacturer, effective range when engaging ground targets such as light armoured vehicles is 1,500 m while ...
A gun hanging on the wall. Chekhov's gun ( Chekhov's rifle; Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary and irrelevant elements should be removed. For example, if a writer features a gun in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as it being fired some time ...
The Agar machine gun was one of about fifty or so hand-cranked machine guns developed for the war during this period. [1] It was named after its inventor, Wilson Agar (sometimes spelled Wilson Ager). The gun was nicknamed the "Coffee Mill Gun" because the crank and the ammunition hopper on the top of the weapon gave it a look similar to that of ...
Rate of fire. 100/200 rounds per minute. The XM913 is an experimental American chain gun produced at Picatinny Arsenal. [1] The cannon is a larger and more modern version of the 35 mm Bushmaster III chain gun, which itself is a larger version of the 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon. Although its shells, 50 x 228 mm, are twice the diameter of the 25 ...
Download QR code; Wikidata item; Print/export ... Help. Pages in category "10mm Auto submachine guns" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total ...
Chicken gun. The first chicken gun, built in 1942 by the US Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, being fired at a glass panel. A chicken gun or flight impact simulator is a large-diameter, compressed-air gun used to fire bird carcasses at aircraft components in order to simulate high-speed ...
Field gun competition. The Royal Navy 's command field gun competition was a contest between teams from three Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over and through a series of obstacles in the shortest time. The competition evolved during the early years of the 20th century.